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Iris Barry

♀  American, born England, 1995–1969

Iris worked at MoMA from about 1937 to 1945 as Curator , and she was head of the Department of Film from 1946–1951 .

Nine exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
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Photo of the exhibition The Making of a Contemporary Film

21 December 1937 to 1 March 1938

Iris Barry, Allen Porter and Mary Cooke were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Three Centuries of American Art

24 May to 31 July 1938

Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Georges Méliès: A Film Pioneer

10 May to 30 September 1939

Iris Barry and Georges Méliès were involved.

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American Designs for Abstract Film

3 April to 1 May 1940

Iris Barry, Léopold Survage, Mary Ellen Bute and Douglass Crockwell, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition D.W. Griffith, American Film Master

13 November 1940 to 5 January 1941

Iris Barry, David Wark Griffith and Allen Porter were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Still Photographs from Hollywood Studios

6 May to 2 June 1941

Iris Barry was involved.

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A History of American Movies

5 June to 3 October 1941

Iris Barry was involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Bambi: The Making of an Animated Sound Picture

15 July to 20 August 1942

Iris Barry and Walt Disney Productions were involved.

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George Méliès: Magician and Film Pioneer

27 December 1944 to 14 January 1945

Iris Barry and Georges Méliès were involved.